Sears Holdings offering expanded holiday shopping services

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. Sears Holdings announce that it is offering new and expanded to services to provide customers with stress-free and convenient holiday shopping.

Sears said it will offer the following services this holiday season:

*Web-to-Store: Customers can buy online and conveniently pick up in-store through industry leading curbside and third-party pick up options—all with the "Ready in Five" guarantee. Orders from Sears.com will be ready within five minutes from the time a customer arrives in-store or the customer receives a $5 coupon.

* Sears2go: Available on iPhone, Android and Blackberry Smartphones, Sears2go allows customers to shop for millions of products in the palm of their hands.

* Free Shipping Holiday Promotions: On Sears.com, customers can use promo code SANTA to receive free shipping on qualified mail orders totaling more than $99 and 150 lbs. or less.*

* ShipVantage Membership Program: Customers can enjoy free standard shipping on all sears.com and kmart.com purchases for 12 months for the membership fee of only $79. Customers also have the opportunity to enroll in a 30-day free trial membership. Discounted expedited mail options are also available through this program. Membership fee applies.

* International Shipping on Sears.com: Customers now have the ability to ship their purchases to more than 90 countries around the world.

"We're helping our customers find the perfect gifts this holiday season, and we're providing them with limitless choices in ways to find them with ease," said Imran Jooma, president of e-commerce at Sears Holdings. "Whether they're reading integrated product reviews, browsing our TV Matchmaker tool online or sending a gift to another country, our customers can shop, purchase, send and receive items on their own terms. We simply provide them with the choices that are most convenient for them."

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